Richard Diebenkorn Writings
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Studio note
Date:
c. 1956–59 Current owner:
Richard Diebenkorn Foundation Archives
Credit Line:
© Richard Diebenkorn Foundation RD number:
RDFA.232 Description
Transcription:
[image 1]
The means of the artist (but I should speak for myself) are loss of temper, despair, and luck. By [strikethrough] these means [/strikethrough] them I can occasionally make what, at least temporarily, looks [strikethrough] to use [/strikethrough] right to me. Eventually I would hope to employ more respectable means.
Occasionally [strikethrough] with paint by lucky accident and usually through [/strikethrough] but by despairing measures or luck I can make what, at least temporarily, looks [strikethrough] like a painting. [/strikethrough] right [strikethrough] in the way a painting should. [/strikethrough] to me in painting. But with words [strikethrough] seem inflexible and for me [strikethrough] will always [/strikethrough] stand at odds with one another. [/strikethrough]
[image 2]
[strikethrough] As an old man I would hope to employ more respectable and less
although I show [/strikethrough]
[image 1]
The means of the artist (but I should speak for myself) are loss of temper, despair, and luck. By [strikethrough] these means [/strikethrough] them I can occasionally make what, at least temporarily, looks [strikethrough] to use [/strikethrough] right to me. Eventually I would hope to employ more respectable means.
Occasionally [strikethrough] with paint by lucky accident and usually through [/strikethrough] but by despairing measures or luck I can make what, at least temporarily, looks [strikethrough] like a painting. [/strikethrough] right [strikethrough] in the way a painting should. [/strikethrough] to me in painting. But with words [strikethrough] seem inflexible and for me [strikethrough] will always [/strikethrough] stand at odds with one another. [/strikethrough]
[image 2]
[strikethrough] As an old man I would hope to employ more respectable and less
although I show [/strikethrough]